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Transitions to Adulthood Through Recession consists of a collection of papers by researchers from Britain, Norway, Germany, Portugal, Italy and Greece, locating young people’s transitions to adulthood in their national social, economic and political contexts.

Transitions to Adulthood Through Recession

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Contributors











Chapter 1 Understanding Youth Transitions in Difficult Times





Sarah Irwin, Ann Nilsen











Chapter 2 Youth research meets life course terminology: the transition paradigm revisited





Ken Roberts











Chapter 3 Transitions from school to work in Norway and Britain among three family generations of working class men





Julia Brannen, Kristoffer Chelsom Vogt, Ann Nilsen, Abigail Knight











Chapter 4 How parents see their children's future: education, work and social change in England





Sarah Irwin











Chapter 5 Biography, History and Place: Understanding Youth Transitions in Teesside





Robert MacDonald, Tracy Shildrick











Chapter 6 Social inequality and the transition to education and training: the significance of family background in Germany





Birgit Jentsch, Herwig Reiter











Chapter 7 Youth transitions and generations in Portugal: examining change between baby-boomers and millennials





Nuno Almeida Alves











Chapter 8 Young people and housing transitions: the role of intergenerational support in an Italian working class context





Elena Mattioli, Nicola De Luigi











Chapter 9 Young people, transition to adulthood and recession in Greece: In search of a better future





Alexandros Sakellariou, Alexandra Koronaiou











Chapter 10 Kinship, community and the transition to adulthood - geographical differences and recent changes in European society





Patrick Heady